Upfront
A quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Immunotherapy
‘We need a breakthrough’
Trials of immunotherapy for ovarian cancer offer hope for patients with few options
A second chance
Mysteries of life and cancer treatments
Incredibly shrinking tumors
Cell therapy beats back lethal childhood brain cancer in clinical trial
Unleashing the immune system
Successes mount for cell therapies, marshaling the body’s bullies to fight cancer
Lifting the burden of cancer
Advances in cancer science, prevention and care
Strength in numbers
New therapy unleashes billions of immune cells on patient’s melanoma
Go get it
Researchers turn cancer cells into “informant” cells that train the immune system to fight back
A gift of hope
Following her daughter’s death, a mother’s donation helps open the door for cancer immunotherapy
The case of the vanishing brain tumor
The brain is a new frontier for cancer immunotherapy